Techniques for zero rating through web reconstruction

Abstract

Techniques for zero rating through web reconstruction are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a client access component operative to receive a web request from a client device, the web request for a web page hosted on a network server device; and transmit a zero-rating transformed web page to the client device in response to the web request; and a web reconstruction component operative on the processor circuit to retrieve the web page from the network server device; identify one or more non-zero-rated resource references in the retrieved web page; transform the one or more non-zero-rated resource references to form one or more zero-rated resource references; and replace the one or more non-zero-rated resource references with the one or more zero-rated resource references in the web page to form the zero-rating transformed web page. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 receiving, at a network interface on a web transform server device, a web request from a client device, the web request for a web page hosted on a network server device; 
 retrieving the web page from the network server device; 
 identifying one or more non-zero-rated resource references in the retrieved web page; 
 transforming the one or more non-zero-rated resource references to form one or more zero-rated resource references; 
 automatically replacing the one or more non-zero-rated resource references with the one or more zero-rated resource references in the web page to form a zero-rating transformed web page; and 
 transmitting the zero-rating transformed web page to the client device in response to the web request. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , the web request addressed to a domain name associated with the web transform server device, the one or more zero-rated resource references addressed to the domain name associated with the web transform server device. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , the web request addressed to a domain name associated a pool of server devices, the pool of server devices including the web transform server device, the one or more zero-rated resource references addressed to the domain name associated with the pool of server devices. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 retrieving a web cookie associated with the client device from a web cookie repository; 
 transmitting the web cookie to the network server device as part of retrieving the web page from the network server device. 
 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 receiving a client web cookie from the client device; 
 extracting an encryption key from the client web cookie; and 
 decrypting the web cookie using the encryption key. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving a web cookie from the network server device in association with retrieving the web page from the network server device; and 
 storing the web cookie in a web cookie repository in association with the client device. 
 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 identifying one or more additional non-zero-rated resource references in the retrieved web page; 
 determining that a zero-rating mapping record does not specify a zero-rated resource for the one or more additional non-zero-rated resource references; and 
 removing the one or more additional non-zero-rated resource references from the web page in forming the zero-rating transformed web page. 
 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 identifying one or more additional resource references in the retrieved web page; 
 determining that the additional resource references are of an executable media type; and 
 removing the additional resource references from the web page in forming the zero-rating transformed web page. 
 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , an image resource reference comprising one of the one or more non-zero-rated resource references, the image resource reference indicating an image resource, further comprising:
 transforming the image resource reference to form a zero-rated image resource reference, the zero-rated image resource reference comprising one of the one or more zero-rated resource references, the zero-rated image resource reference indicating a lower-file-size version of the image resource. 
 
     
     
       10. An apparatus, comprising:
 a processor circuit on a web transform server device; 
 a network interface on the web transform server device; 
 client access logic operative on the processor circuit to receive, from the network interface, a web request from a client device, the web request for a web page hosted on a network server device; and transmit a zero-rating transformed web page to the client device in response to the web request; and 
 web reconstruction logic operative on the processor circuit to retrieve the web page from the network server device; identify one or more non-zero-rated resource references in the retrieved web page; transform the one or more non-zero-rated resource references to form one or more zero-rated resource references; and automatically replace the one or more non-zero-rated resource references with the one or more zero-rated resource references in the web page to form the zero-rating transformed web page. 
 
     
     
       11. The apparatus of  claim 10 , the web request addressed to a domain name associated a pool of server devices, the pool of server devices including the web transform server device, the one or more zero-rated resource references addressed to the domain name associated with the pool of server devices. 
     
     
       12. The apparatus of  claim 10 , the web reconstruction logic further operative to receive a web cookie from the network server device in association with retrieving the web page from the network server device; store the web cookie in a web cookie repository in association with the client device; retrieve the web cookie associated with the client device from the web cookie repository; and transmit the web cookie to the network server device as part of retrieving the web page from the network server device. 
     
     
       13. The apparatus of  claim 12 , the client access logic further operative to receive a client web cookie from the client device, the web reconstruction component further operative to extract an encryption key from the client web cookie; and decrypt the web cookie using the encryption key. 
     
     
       14. The apparatus of  claim 10 , the web reconstruction logic further operative to identify one or more additional resource references in the retrieved web page; determine that the additional resource references are of an executable media type; and remove the additional resource references from the web page in forming the zero-rating transformed web page. 
     
     
       15. The apparatus of  claim 10 , an image resource reference comprising one of the one or more non-zero-rated resource references, the image resource reference indicating an image resource, the web reconstruction component further operative to transform the image resource reference to form a zero-rated image resource reference, the zero-rated image resource reference comprising one of the one or more zero-rated resource references, the zero-rated image resource reference indicating a lower-file-size version of the image resource. 
     
     
       16. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:
 receive, at a network interface on a web transform server device, a web request from a client device, the web request for a web page hosted on a network server device; 
 retrieve the web page from the network server device; 
 identify one or more non-zero-rated resource references in the retrieved web page; 
 transform the one or more non-zero-rated resource references to form one or more zero-rated resource references; 
 automatically replace the one or more non-zero-rated resource references with the one or more zero-rated resource references in the web page to form a zero-rating transformed web page; and 
 transmit the zero-rating transformed web page to the client device in response to the web request. 
 
     
     
       17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:
 receive a web cookie from the network server device in association with retrieving the web page from the network server device; 
 store the web cookie in a web cookie repository in association with the client device; 
 retrieve the web cookie associated with the client device from the web cookie repository; and 
 transmit the web cookie to the network server device as part of retrieving the web page from the network server device. 
 
     
     
       18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 17 , comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:
 receive a client web cookie from the client device; 
 extract an encryption key from the client web cookie; and 
 decrypt the web cookie using the encryption key. 
 
     
     
       19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:
 identify one or more additional resource references in the retrieved web page; 
 determine that the additional resource references are of an executable media type; and 
 remove the additional resource references from the web page in forming the zero-rating transformed web page. 
 
     
     
       20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , an image resource reference comprising one of the one or more non-zero-rated resource references, the image resource reference indicating an image resource, comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:
 transform the image resource reference to form a zero-rated image resource reference, the zero-rated image resource reference comprising one of the one or more zero-rated resource references, the zero-rated image resource reference indicating a lower-file-size version of the image resource.